Kate Morley, prosecuting, told the court on October 20 last year they had a disagreement and he began throwing clothes around after she said she was going to live with her parents. He picked up her mobile phone and threw it against the kitchen wall smashing it causing £500 worth of damage.

Inman later smashed as television set held his partner by the throat and arm and bit her left ear and left wrist.

Nick Ross, defending, said that Inman has no previous convictions and had pleaded guilty to what he had done.